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Queensland
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
Queensland
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
Contents
Short title 2.0... ee ee 4 Actamended ......... 0.0 c cece cece eet eens 4 Amendment of s 82 (Writs by Governor) ................... 4 Amendment of s 83 (Writs by Speaker) .................... 4 Amendment of s 84 (Form and content of writs) ............. 4 Amendment of s 86 (Change of time limits in writ)............ 5
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Insertion of new pt 13, div9....... 2... eee eee eee
427 Amendments do not apply until completion of next general election... 2... eee ee ee 5
A Bill
for An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1992 for particular purposes
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Clause 1
Clause 2
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Clause 4
Clause 5
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Act 2015.
Act amended
This Act amends the Electoral Act 1992.
Amendment of s 82 (Writs by Governor) (1) Section 82(1)(a), after 'election' —
insert—
under the Constitution of Queensland 2001, chapter 2,
part 2A (2) Section 82(2)—
omit.
Amendment of s 83 (Writs by Speaker) Section 83(1)(a), 'section 82(1)(b)'—
omit, insert—
section 82(b)
Amendment of s 84 (Form and content of writs) (1) Section 84(1)(d), from 'which'—
omit, insert—
which must be—
Gj) for a writ for a general election—the polling day under the Constitution of
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Clause 6
Clause 7
Electoral (Constitutional) Amendment Bill 2015
[s 6] Queensland 2001, section 19C, 19D or 19E; or
(i) for another writ—a Saturday not less than 26 days, nor more than 56 days, after the day of the issue of the writ;
(2) Section 84— insert—
(4) | However, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a polling day for a general election.
Note—
See the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 19F.
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